Yikes 47 and everything's going pear shaped !!

Yes, loads of problems going into menopause I would suggest you keep on with the breathing that your physiotherapist talked to you about.  Good, that there are some people out there who recognise that breathing helps.  Most health providers just suggest drugs!  Meditation is an absolute help, as when we are stressed we breathe shallowly which does not help, or even hold our breathe!  Try some you tube videos on meditation, there are loads, concentrate on the breathe, breathe out as much as you can and your body will naturally breathe in deeply, it is survival!  Yoga is a really good accessory to meditation, when you do yoga you breathe in adn out as you do the exercises and it is a natural form of meditation as all you are thinking about is the yoga.  It really, really helps with stress.  All the stuff that is happening is confusing and you need some sort of grounding, I found committing myself to doing yoga every day, even if just for 15 minutes helped me and the commitment made me feel better about myself as I was actively doing something, not just a victim.  Recently, I have had a muscle strain and have not been doing yoga so much, it has only just occured to me that that is the reason my hot flushes have suddenly increase, so doing this post has helped me too.  Good luck, hang in there, and help yourself by helping your body to relax.  We hold tension in the muscles which is another reason why yoga is so good.  Have a look at yin yoga, that is a really relaxing form of yoga which involves holding (mostly lying down poses, which makes it easier) for some time and breathing deeply.  This is the most relaxing thing to do before bed.  Have a go, enjoy your journey and breathe!  Lots of love xxx